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J. LINES.

OIL CAN.

(No Model.)

No. 592,094; Patented Oct. 19,1897.

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Nl'lED STATES PATENT FFICE.

JOHN LINES, OF WATERBURY, CONNECTICUT, ASSIGNOR TO THE SOOVILLMANUFACTURING COMPANY, OF SAME PLACE.

OIL-CAN.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 592,094, dated October19, 1897.

Application filed March 1, 1897. Serial No. 625,536. (No model-l To allwhom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, JOHN LINES, of VVaterbury, in the county of NewHaven and State of, Connecticut, have invented a new Improvement inOil-Cans; and I do hereby declare the following, when taken inconnection with the accompanying drawings,'and the letters of referencemarked thereon, to be a full, clear, and exact description of the same,and which said drawings constitute part of this specification, andrepresent, in-

Figure 1, a view in side elevation of one form of an oiler constructedin accordance with my invention; Fig. 2, aview thereof with the spoutextended; Fig. 3, a view thereof in vertical central section with theoiler in its closed position; Fig. 4, a detached view of the guide-pinand the disk-shaped box or casing receiving the button located at thelower end thereof; Fig. 5, an enlarged broken view showing the lower endof the guide-pin;

effective oiler, particularly adapted for bicycles and sewing-machines,but applicable for use in a great variety of other situations.

With these ends in view my invention consists in the combination, in anoiler, with a fount, of a' longitudinally-movable or telescopic spout,anda guide-pin forming a plug for the spout and loosely connected withthe bottom of the fount, so as to accommodate itself to any deflectionsof the spout in the inward and outward movement thereof.

My invention further consists in certain details of construction andcombination of parts, as will be hereinafter described, and pointed outin the claims. \o

In carrying out .myinvention I employ a long guide-pin A, which performsthe double function of guiding the longitudinally-movable or telescopicspout B, and of forming a plug therefor, for it is to be understood thatthe fit between the spout and guide-pin is so close that no oil canescape through the spout when the same is engaged with the pin, which italways is except when the spout is fully drawn out or extended, as shownin Fig. 2.

To adapt the guide-pin A to perform the office of a plug for the spoutB, it is made so that throughout its length it substantially conforms indiameter to the internal diameter of the spout, which is cylindricalthroughout the main portion of its length. The said guide-pin is looselyconnected with the bottom of the oil-fount O, to accommodate possibledeflections of the spout from the straight line, in which ittheoretically moves, and also to compensate for' anyimperfections in theconstruction of the parts. v

'For the purpose of loosely connecting the guide-pin with the bottom ofthe fount, I

provide the lower end of the said pin with a button A, which is located,as shown in Figs. 3, 4L, and 5, in a button-housing consisting of asmall box or case, larger in diameter than it" is and composed of aninner sheet-metal shell D and an outer sheet-metal shell D, the shell Dbeing formed witha central opening D through which the pin passes, andwhich is enough larger in diameter than it is to permit it to have theloose movement required. The said box or casing is-rigidly secured, bysoldering or otherwise, to the inner face of the independently-formedbottom 0 of the fount.

In Figs. 3 and 4 the solder is indicated by the small masses ofstrippling marked d.

. The inner end of the spout is flared to form, as it were, a funnel B,which acts to direct the oil into the spout-when the spout is drawnfully outward and cleared from the guide-pin, except in so far as thebeveled upper end a thereof is still located within the funnel of thespout, but without interfering with the free access of oil into thespout. The said beveled end of the pin and the funnel of the spout coactto center the two parts properly when the spout is thrust inward intoits closed position, in which its funnel-shaped end stands above orclears the box or casing containing the' 'button A, as it is notnecessary that the edge of the funnel should rest upon the box or casingwhich receives the button, inasmuch as the guide-pin fits the spout soclosely as to effectually form a plug therefor.

The spout is located in a packing E, which may be of any suitableconstruction, and which is situated within the oiler-cap E, which mayalso be of any approved construction, and which is externally threadedfor being inserted into an internally-threaded nipple E mounted in thetop of the fount (3.

As shown, the spout is provided at its outer end with anindependently-formed beak 3 the enlarged inner end B of which formsastop to limit the inward movement of the spout.

As shown, the fount is formed with an independent bottom C, to which thebox or casing of the guide-pin is attached.

As shown in Figs. 5 and (3, the button A of the guide-pin A is looselyconnected with the independently-formed bottom 0 of the fount C by meansof an oblong plate F, having its central portion struck up to form aboss F, for the reception of the button A of the pin, the said bosshaving a central opening F to receive the pin itself, and the saidopening and boss being sufiiciently large to permit the button to moveabout within the limits of lateral movement required in the pin. Theplate F is secured within the bottom 0 of the fount by setting the edgeof the same inward over its edges, as at c c c c, in Fig. 7.

It is apparent that the guide-pin may be loosely connected with thebottom of the fount in still other ways, and I would therefore have itunderstood that I do not limit myself to the exact construction hereinshown, but hold myself at liberty to make such changes and alterationsas fairly fall within the spirit and scope of my invention. I am aware,however,

that it is broadly old to provide an oil-can with a telescopic spout anda plug therefor. I am also aware that it is old to looselyconnectclearance pins or wires with the bottoms of oil-cans havingstationary spouts into which the said pins extend for preventing themfrom fouling and clogging. I do not, therefore, broadly claim atelescopic spout, nor do I broadly claim the loose connection of a pinwith the bottom of an oil-can when the pin is arranged to extend intothe spout thereof.

Having fully described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire tosecure by Letters Patent, is

1. In an oil-can, the combination with the fount thereof, of alongitiulinally-movable spout, a guide-pin fitting closely within thespout and forming a guide and a plug therefor, a button located at thelower end of the said pin with which it is rigidly connected, and abutton-housing applied to the inner face of the bottom of the fount, andadapted to receive the said button and to permit its lateral movementtherein for the accommodation of the pin to any deflections of the spoutin the inward and outward movement thereof.

2. In an oiler, the combination with the fount thereof, of alongitudinally-movable or telescopic spent, a guide-pin fitting withinthe spout, and forming a guide and a plug therefor, a button located atthe lower end of said pin, and a disk-shaped box or easing secured tothe bottom of the said fount, comprising two sheet-metal shells adaptedto receive the said button, and made large enough to permit the same tohave lateral movement in it, whereby the pin is loosely connected withthe fount.

In testimony whereof I have signed this specification in the presence oftwo subscribing witnesses.

JOHN LINES.

lVitnesscs:

M. L. SPERRY, A. LoUIsn Ovmrr.

